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Leviticus 20:23

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

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ASV

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

KJV

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תֵֽלְכוּ֙te.le.Khuyou will walkH1980 →
בְּחֻקֹּ֣תbe.chu.Kotin [the] statutes ofH2708 →
הַגּ֔וֹיha.Goythe nationH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַme.sha.Le.ach[am] about to send awayH7971 →
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.Khemfrom before youH6440 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֵ֙לֶּה֙'e.lehthese [things]H428 →
עָשׂ֔וּ'a.Suthey have doneH6213 →
וָאָקֻ֖ץva.'a.Kutzand I loathedH6973 →
בָּֽם׃Bam<in> <the> them

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Jeremiah 10:2This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.Psalms 5:5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Deuteronomy 12:4You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.Leviticus 18:3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.Leviticus 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Deuteronomy 12:30–31be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”Leviticus 18:27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.Numbers 33:56And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”Leviticus 26:11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.Jeremiah 10:1–2Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.Psalms 78:59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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